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- Classical Conditioning Simply Explained by fun4fido on Nov 13, 2009
Classical conditioning is an association between two stimuli. Of these two stimuli, one is neutral and in the beginning has no meaning. The other stimulus is one that does already have meaning for the dog (or human). The stimulus can be pleasant, or...
- The Shape Of Things To Come by fun4fido on Nov 7, 2009
Shaping is defined as the teaching by differential reinforcement of new behaviours by systematically reinforcing successive approximations toward a final finished behaviour. Basically you are splitting the behaviour down in to easy to manage su...
- Clicker Mechanics by fun4fido on Oct 14, 2009
As a teenager I remember training in the athletics team at school, being tall and agile I faired well in the 200 meter hurdles, but I recall the hours spent practicing. I had many different mechanical (physical) aspects to think about, stride timing...
- Hand Targeting For Fearful Dogs by fun4fido on Sep 10, 2009
There is no doubt that owning and working with a fearful dog can be a challenge. If you own a fearful dog is it very important for you to educate yourself and learn as much as you can so that you can help your dog become less afraid and a more confid...
- Top 10 Puppy Training Tips by fun4fido on Aug 27, 2009
Reinforce The Good, Ignore The Bad: Dogs are learning 24/7 from the second you get them home. It is all too easy to inadvertently train your puppy to do the wrong thing: this is called accidental reinforcement. A typical example of this is your puppy...
- What Shapes Canine Social Behaviour? by fun4fido on Jul 31, 2009
A Fresh Look at the Wolf-Pack Theory of Companion-Animal Dog Social Behavior By Wendy van Kerkhove A popular perspective on the social behavior of dogs in multiple-dog households sees the dogs’ behavior as reflecting the sociobiological laws of...
- The "Alpha" Problem by fun4fido on Jul 9, 2009
I am reminded of a client who called me a a few months back because her dog was displaying aggression towards people coming to her house. The dog was a fearful, medium sized (30kg) Chesapeake Retriever who would lunge and bark at anyone entering the...
